Hmmmm. Either your right or your very anti-british. I'll go with
your (sic) being wrong just to be on the safe side.

I've been to a few chess events in London where Jon Speelman was
commentating. His idea of analysis is to rattle out 16 or 20 ply
variations,
sometimes to the noticeable exasperation of his co-commentators. Is he
showing off or just getting carried away with his enthusiasm? My money's
on
the first. Also he's got a daily column in The Independent, which imo is
the
best newspaper in the UK, and it stinks. He conveys no interest or
enjoyment
of chess and the whole thing looks like it took all of ten minutes to
write.
Contrast this with Leonard Barden in The Guardian on a Saturday or Bill
Hartston when he used to write for 'The Independent'.